Colorado still looking into football recruit Sam Kronshage’s text controversy

Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre said Friday no decision has been made on offensive lineman Sam Kronshage, the recruit who has been accused of sending a racist text to a black baseball player from a rival high school.

Kronshage said an unknown schoolmate at The Woodlands (Texas) High School sent the text June 1 while Kroshage was swimming at a graduation party. MacIntyre has been investigating the situation.

“We have looked into it and also he’s tried to reach the kid and the high school coach,” MacIntyre said. “He’s wanting to talk to the young man on the telephone. We’re waiting for that.”

MacIntyre said no one has claimed they sent the text, which included racial epithet, to Rockwall High star outfielder Kendall Coleman. The Woodlands had defeated Rockwall in the state playoffs earlier in the day.

“We haven’t found out any more info,” MacIntyre said. “We’re asking all the right people and trying.”

He said if another student doesn’t claim the text, “We’ll have to go by the kid’s word.”

Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.